# 汎

| 汎 | U+6C4E, &#27726; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C4E |
| ← 汍 [U+6C4D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 汏 → [U+6C4F] |
| 汎 | U+2F8FA, &#194810; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8FA |
| ← 𣫺 [U+2F8F9] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𣲼 → [U+2F8FB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

汎 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水竹弓戈 (EHNI), four-corner 3711$_0$, composition ⿰氵凡)

#### Derived characters

* 𡋋, 𣑃, 盕, 𫇼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17120
* Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1553, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6C4E
* Unihan data for U+2F8FA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 汎
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 嵐 | *b·ruːm |
| 葻 | *b·uːm |
| 釩 | *pʰomʔ |
| 汎 | *pʰoms, *bum |
| 凡 | *bom |
| 帆 | *bom, *boms |
| 颿 | *bom, *boms |
| 軓 | *bomʔ |
| 梵 | *bloms, *bum |
| 芃 | *boːŋ, *bum |
| 風 | *plum, *plums |
| 飌 | *plum |
| 楓 | *plum |
| 猦 | *plum |
| 偑 | *plum |
| 檒 | *plum |
| 瘋 | *plum |
| 諷 | *plums |
| 堸 | *blum |
| 渢 | *blum |
| 鳳 | *bums |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰoms, *bum) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 凡 (OC *bom).

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 汎 – see 泛 (“to float on water; to drift; to spread out; to be suffused with; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 泛).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fàn (fan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^4$
*** Yale: fàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵¹/

### Definitions

汎
* a surname

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* extensive, general, pan-

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: ほん (hon)
* Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
* On: ふう (fū)、ほう (hō)、ぶ (bu)
* Kun: あふれる (afureru, 汎れる)、あまねく (amaneku, 汎く)、あまねし (amaneshi, 汎し)、うかぶ (ukabu, 汎ぶ)、ひろい (hiroi, 汎い)、ただよう (tadayou, 汎う)
* Nanori: ひろ (hiro)、ひろし (hiroshi)、ひろむ (hiromu)、みな (mina)

### Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English pan-.

### Prefix

汎(はん) • (han-)
* extensive; wide

#### Compounds

* 汎(はん)愛(あい) (han'ai) (氾(はん)愛(あい), 泛(はん)愛(あい))
* 汎(はん)化(か) (hanka) (般(はん)化(か))
* 汎(はん)交(こう) (hankō)
* 汎(はん)舟(しゅう) (hanshū) (泛(はん)舟(しゅう))
* 汎(はん)称(しょう) (hanshō) (泛(はん)称(しょう))
* 汎(はん)渉(しょう) (hanshō)
* 汎(はん)説(せつ) (hansetsu)
* 汎(はん)発(ぱつ) (hanpatsu)
* 汎(はん)汎(ぱん) (hanpan) (氾(はん)氾(ぱん), 泛(はん)泛(ぱん))
* 汎(はん)米(べい) (hanbei)
* 汎(はん)萍(ぺい) (hanpei)
* 汎(はん)用(よう) (han'yō): general use
* 汎(はん)濫(らん) (hanran) (氾(はん)濫(らん))
* 汎(はん)論(ろん) (hanron) (氾(はん)論(ろん), 泛(はん)論(ろん))
* 広(こう)汎(はん) (kōhan) (広(こう)範(はん))

### Prefix

汎(はん) • (han-)
* pan-
    汎(はん)太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう)
       han-taiheiyō
       pan-Pacific

#### Compounds

* 汎(はん)心(しん)論(ろん) (hanshinron): panpsychism
* 汎(はん)神(しん)論(ろん) (hanshinron): pantheism

## Korean
### Hanja

汎 (eum 범 (beom)) 汎 (eum 봉 (bong))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

汎: Hán Nôm readings: phiếm
* synonym of 泛: phù phiếm : 浮汎
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#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999